Midgley: Beyond Chapel Lane
With main man Ian S being indisposed, a revised team of Ray, Nick, Jan and Frank H worked on a section of the path, beyond Chapel Lane, that leads towards Churn Milk Joan.
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| 1. General state of the path! |
*Parts of the path have collapsed down the banking.
*The remaining path is very narrow.
*Some sections have remnants of old revetment loosely in place.
*Other sections have no revetment.
*In places, heather and other foliage have encroached across the path forcing walkers nearer and nearer to the steep edge.
The overall plan was to cut back the path so it would be much wider and then renew or recycle sections of revetment. It was one of those sessions that involved lots of carrying (the vehicles were on Chapel Lane!) and an heroic amount of digging before the task of construction could even begin!
The following pictures show typical outcomes:
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| 2. Same area as middle section of picture 1. |
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| 3. Further up the path. |
There is still lots to do! The time-consuming hard labour of cutting back, alignment, digging, scraping, levelling, and pounding is merely a long prelude to the more noticeable work of construction.
Another energetic session will take place in a week or so . . . . provided we have recovered!!
Today's task was funded by Little Box Consulting. Many thanks.
